unbob
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Is there an "official" Bigfoot camper white color code (or other designation) I can use to match my 2006 white-colored camper?
I've tried several but so far none match exactly.
Any suggestions? TIA
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midnightsadie
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if you take a piece of your camper to home depot they can scan the color and make you a match.
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jimh406
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There are better places to do color matching than Home Depot. We've never had them get a color right yet.
I'd try an autopart/boating store that deals with fiberglass if that is what you are trying to match. They have a lot of colors which you can put in a a sprayer.
Another option, call Bigfoot for advice.
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Photomike
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You already had some good advice for getting the colors matched. A professional paint shop will be a good choice and a fiberglass shop even better.
A word of warning. You will find that the camper is not all the same color. Fiberglass does not age / discolor at the same rate. On my NL I polled some window trim and on one side it was a little whiter under the trim than the fiberglass around it and on the other a lot whiter. Also I have seen a lot of fiberglass campers repainted and the ones that I saw LOOKED HORRIBLE!!! The paint was not as glossy and it peeled.
I have been told to do it correctly you need to sand, paint and top coat. Again I would hit up someone that deals with fiberglass to verify before you start.
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Tom/Barb
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Big Foot campers aren't paint.. they are jel-coat. ask Bigfoot which color white they were using when your camper was manufactured.
Why does it require a repair?
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mkirsch
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Not only won't it be a great match, but Home Depot paint is house paint. Okay if you're painting drywall, but not so much on fiberglass.
Even a "perfect" automotive paint match won't be perfect. Unless you blend the new paint into the old color, it will always be noticeable.
But yeah, I don't think you're going to find a shade of Rustoleum that's going to be an adequate match. Personally it would not bother me if it was slightly off as long as it was painted.
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unbob
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mkirsch wrote:Personally it would not bother me if it was slightly off as long as it was painted. Yeah, I agree. Perfection not required.
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unbob
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Tom/Barb wrote:Why does it require a repair? Sustained several "puncture wounds" due to flying debris from a nearby tornado. Two windows broken also. And blew away my solar panels on the roof. Otherwise no apparent structural damage. But interestingly, insurance company totaled it and I did a buy-back.
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unbob
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Much thanks for all the replies!!
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This spring I was pushing my 2 year old Northstar 12 STC out of it's storage position in my pole barn to the middle bay where I load it onto the truck. Unfortunately, I hit my wife's Bowflex workout thing, and punched a couple holes through the front of the camper. After doing the body work to repair the holes, I needed to find matching paint. We have a NCS (National Coatings and Supplies) not too far away. They have a camera thing that they put up to the surface of the camper, and somehow they can mix the matching color and put it in a spray can. I think it was $40 or something, but it matched close to perfect. My buddy who has a body shop looked at it and said he couldn't see a difference.
Then I topcoated it with USC SprayMax 2K Glamour High Gloss Aerosol Clear. It's a two part acrylic resin. There's a button on the bottom of the can you push in to burst a packet inside the can, then shake to mix. You must spray within 48 hours or it solidifies in the can. It sprays very high gloss, and is hard as a rock, even hard to sand.
The only thing I can see from the repair is a difference in gloss around the repaired area. In the right lighting I can see a 1'x2' high gloss area surrounded by a 6 or 10" lower gloss area. Probably didn't hold the spray straight on at the end of each pass. I should probably mask and spray the whole front of the camper to have a consistent gloss, but it's pretty low on the priority list.
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